If you were a Gym Leader or Elite Four, what type of pokemon would you use?

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I would probably be an elite 4 member, and I would specialize in Dragons and covering their weakness. I would also allow the opponent to choose wether they want to do a double battle or not.
My pokemon are:
Dragonite
Latias
Flygon
Starmie
Swampert
Poliwrath

All 3 dragons have a different subtype to give a variety and to throw the opponent off, as each dragon has slightly different weaknesses besides dragon and ice, which they all have. Also, Latias and Starmie can recover, so I think it'll be a pain for the opponent and Starmie can use thunderbolt, great for dealing with pokemon like walrein, and I just like starmie more than milotic... everyone in the battle tower seems to have one and that just annoys me. I would love to put in kyogre over any of the water types, but I think that would be unfair. Latias, at least, is beatable and used in the battle tower.

Slowking - to set up for Walrein
Walrein - team leader
Cloyster - in case Walrein fails
Tentacruel - to cover most Grass types
Swampert - to cover most Electric types
Ludicolo - A Water team without Ludicolo is blasphemy.

My favorite type is Electric, obviously, and I'd probably be a mid to late game gym leader. Since it's 3rd gen, I'm going to go by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen Pokemon only, so with that in mind, I guess I'd do something like this:

Manectric
Raichu
Electabuzz
Electrode

Something like that.

Originally Posted by LizardonX

Tabitha has really let himself go, just how many lava cookies did he eat in the last 11 years?